Unfortunately, it turns out Radio Shack's 2014 Super Bowl commercial featuring a phone call about being stuck in the past was ringing all too true.

The Wall Street Journal reports RadioShack Corp. is planning to close around 500 stores in the next few months as part of a restructuring plan. Sources familiar with the matter told the newspaper they didn't know which of the chain's 4,500 stores would be closing or when.

Radio Shack currently has five locations in the Syracuse area: One inside Shoppingtown Mall, one on Erie Boulevard, one in Camillus, one on Route 31 in Liverpool and one on Brewerton Road in Cicero. There are also stores in Oswego, Rome, Oneida, New Hartford, Auburn and Cortland.

The company secured $835 million in loans this past October to refinance $625 million worth of debt, WSJ adds. The funds went towards overhauling the company's image of an outdated electronics store towards a shopping destination for 21st century gadgets like Beats headphones and Samsung smartphones.

"Out with the old, in with the new Radio Shack," the brand promised in its 60-second spot on Sunday.

However, most viewers got wrapped up in the clip's nod to nostalgia, featuring '80s celebrities like Hulk Hogan, Alf, Kid 'N' Play, Mary Lou Retton, "CHiPs" star Erik Estrada and the California Raisins. Jason from "Friday the 13th" and the Chucky doll from "Child's Play" also attempted to tear up the store, still stocked with VCRs, fax machines and old school boomboxes.

"That's the firm's dilemma in a nutshell: The fact that you evoke warm, nostalgic feelings is not a plus when you're trying to sell the latest in consumer electronics," Time's Harry McCracken lamented. "The Super Bowl commercial is a logical attempt to confront this uncomfortable truth head-on -- but we'll know that RadioShack has entered a new era when stepping into a typical store no longer feels like entering a Wayback Machine."

Still, syracuse.com readers voted Radio Shack's "The '80s Called" the second-most popular ad that aired during Sunday's football game, behind only Budweiser's "Puppy Love" spot.

Forbes reported Tuesday that the campaign did well in the market, too -- at least temporarily. RadioShack Corp's stock has gone down 85 percent over the past four years, but went up 7 percent on Monday.

According to Reuters, the struggling retailer is due to report its fourth quarter results later this month, but it's not looking good. Joe Magnacca, who became the CEO last February, told the publication he expects the company's turnaround to take "several quarters."